R.oo (version 1.21.0)

Class$forName: Gets a Class object by a name of a class

Description

Gets a Class object by a name of a class. If no such class exists and exception is thrown.

Usage

## Static method (use this):
## Class$forName(name, ...)
## Don't use the below:
# S3 method for Class
forName(static, name, ...)

Arguments

...

Optional arguments passed to internal lookup function.

Value

Returns a Class.

See Also

class(). setConstructorS3(). For more information see Class.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  print(Class$forName("Exception"))
# }